Several months ago, I woke up with an arresting sense of pain in my stomach. As a young working professional who was new to the workforce, I attempted to go to work that day, thinking that I could simply work through the challenge. But later that day, I couldn’t focus on the tasks in front of me and needed to leave work early.
While I was trying to turn to God for help and was praying with a Christian Science practitioner, it seemed as though the pain I was experiencing grew worse as the day progressed. By nighttime, I couldn’t bend or move. I was in doubt of my capability to rely on my own spiritual understanding to heal me, and kept comparing my ability to heal spiritually with those of the pioneer Christian Scientists from Mary Baker Eddy’s day.
Before going to bed, I picked up an issue of the Journal and began reading some of the articles that I found pertinent to my situation. I came across one written by a member of the Christian Science Board of Directors. I pondered the spiritual ideas that were shared, and held on in my heart to the inspiration that I received from this article. Soon after reading it, I set the Journal aside, and fell asleep for the night.
